NEW YORK R&B singer Teddy Pendergrass, who was one of the most electric and successful figures in music until a car crash 28 years ago left him in a wheelchair, has died of colon cancer. He was 59.

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The entire world is now aware that celebrated singer Teddy Pendergrass died last week following a long battle with colon cancer. He was 59. He rose to prominence in the 1970s with his distinct style ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Teddy Pendergrass, the Philadelphia soul singer whose husky, potent baritone was one definition of R&B seduction in the 1970s but ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Teddy Pendergrass, who became R&B's reigning sex symbol in the 1970s and '80s with his forceful, masculine voice and passionate love ballads and later became an inspirational figure ...

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